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Q: Can I copy a video disk to a hard drive useing superdrive if so what app is needed.

I am trying to use my Superdrive with my MacBook Air to copy a DVD movie to an external hard drive ???

 

Can someone direct me to an appropriate app  or method to achiev this.

MacBook Air, iOS 5.0.1, am trying to copy dvd movies

Posted on Feb 25, 2012 3:35 PM

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Q: Can I copy a video disk to a hard drive useing superdrive if so what app is needed.

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  • by Allan Eckert,

    Allan Eckert Allan Eckert Feb 25, 2012 3:37 PM in response to Andynorthstar
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    Feb 25, 2012 3:37 PM in response to Andynorthstar

    The vast majority of the DVD movies are copy protected. We can't discuss breaking copy protection that here.

     

    Allan

  • by fane_j,

    fane_j fane_j Feb 25, 2012 4:54 PM in response to Andynorthstar
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    Feb 25, 2012 4:54 PM in response to Andynorthstar

    Andynorthstar wrote:

     

    I am trying to use my Superdrive with my MacBook Air to copy a DVD movie to an external hard drive ???

    Many -- perhaps most -- commercial movie DVDs are protected against copying. Breaking this copy protection scheme is illegal in the USA, where Apple, which hosts this forum, is based. Advice on how to perform illegal acts is also illegal, so, if Apple allowed such advice on its forum, it would make itself liable to prosecution. That's one of the reasons neither Apple, nor any other major corporation (Microsoft, Sony, etc) will allow such advice on the fora they host.

     

    When you buy a DVD, you don't actually buy the movie. You buy a licence to see the movie under certain conditions. If the licence allows you to make copies (some do), and the DVD is not copy protected -- then nothing is simpler. You just copy the VIDEO_TS folder to any location on the external drive you choose, then you view the movie with DVD Player. File > Open DVD Media…, navigate to the VIDEO_TS folder, select it, click the Choose button, then press the spacebar to start watching.